Sony Patents A Move Controller That Heats Up And Cools Down

Companies patent technologies that may or may not see the market all the time. But some technology patents are more attention-getting than others.

This would be one of those.

Filed by Sony, the technology is fairly simple: As the environment gets warmer or colder in the game, the Move controller you're holding gets warmer or colder. The handle of the Move controller would be wrapped in bands that can reflect temperature changes depending on data fed to it.

The patent is loaded with all sorts of applications: A sudden flash of heat as you're hit by a fireball, feeling your gun begin to overheat in a first-person shooter, summoning a frost blast and feeling the coolness in your hand. It seems, if nothing else, something that would draw you into the game even more.

Unfortunately, Kotaku, who found the patent, was told by Sony that there's "nothing to share" at this point. But who knows what the PlayStation 4 may hold?